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Discusses the background, themes and dramatic technique of Othello, offers a brief profile of Shakespeare, and suggests topics of discussion.

The three plays collected here mirror the era after King Charles II. In Etherege's The Man of Mode, Dorimant meets his match. In Wycherley's The Country Wife, Horner fakes impotence to fool husbands into giving him access to their wives. In Congreve's Love for Love, the Valentine can win his beloved only if he loses his inheritance.

This is a lively study of the Elizabethan world, so often recalled for its riotous love of life and bawdy sense of humour. The author portrays the contrast between the rich who indulged in luxuries and the poor who turned to thievery and begging.